Photo courtesy of Sara Dechance The Mustangs overcame a 12-point second-half deficit on Saturday, defeating the defending national champion Stanford Cardinal in a thrilling 31-29 victory in Stanford. Liz Goethals -- the Mustangs' leading try-scorer -- and Audrey Johnson each added two more to their belts, Goethals nabbing the game-tying try with about five minutes remaining in the match. The…
Photo courtesy of Sara Dechance The Mustangs defeated the Fresno State Bulldogs 52-7 on Saturday in Fresno, grabbing their second consecutive league victory in the program's inaugural Division I season. Fresno State scored first 11 minutes in, adding a conversion with it. The Mustangs would respond -- and respond big, rattling off 52 unanswered points in an eight-try effort by…
The Mustangs won both matches this past weekend, defeating the Santa Clara Broncos and Western Washington Vikings in back-to-back days -- each by a significant margin. Cal Poly played Santa Clara on Saturday, Jan. 31, winning 70-21 in a match that gave a rotation of newer Mustang players an opportunity at A-side minutes. O'Brien said the performance was great overall,…
Photo courtesy of Mr. Albertson The Mustangs defeated the San Diego State Aztecs 91-26 on Saturday in San Diego, adding a league win to their belt as a double-header weekend is next. "It was good — a solid bounce-back game," head coach Chris O'Brien said. "I thought the team play was really strong." The Mustangs were stingy on defense and…
The Mustangs fell to the No. 5 California Golden Bears 101-0 on Saturday, Jan. 10 in Berkeley, opening 2026 with a loss -- and much to build off of as a break-free stretch of rugby quickly approaches. "It’s tough to get kicked in the teeth like that, but there are lots of lessons and a lot we can build on,"…
The Mustangs defeated Long Beach State at home on Saturday, 68-14, grabbing another league win as the quarter comes to an end. Led by a "dynamic" attack and "whole-team effort," the Mustangs, ranked No. 14 in the College Rugby Association of America power rankings, put up a 28-point halftime advantage before adding 33 more points in the second half, head…
The Mustangs brushed off a slow start Saturday under overcast skies, defeating Sacramento State 77-15 in Sacramento. Cal Poly, featuring a mix-match roster due to several key contributors sitting out the match for various reasons, built a 35-3 halftime lead after an "off" first 10 minutes, Mustangs head coach Chris O'Brien said, adding that the team was able to "flip…
Greetings from CP Rugby, It has been quite an eventful couple of weeks as we hosted fifth-ranked Central Washington and then traveled up for a league game against Davis. This is all while we have had a revolving door of practice fields as the constant rains have thrown a wrench in our plans. However, you know what they say: "The best-laid plans…
Below you will find the previous edition of the Cal Poly Newsletter Greetings from Cal Poly Rugby, This is the first edition of the biweekly Cal Poly Rugby newsletter providing photos, updates, and in-depth analysis of the season. If you would like to be added to the email list please feel free to reach out at my email maximilianpollack229@gmail.com and I will…
Greetings from Cal Poly Rugby, Welcome to the second edition of the biweekly Cal Poly Rugby Newsletter. We had quite an eventful last couple of weeks covering hundreds of miles in California and competing in two league games. Two weekends ago we travelled down to San Diego and trounced both their A and B sides winning the first game 89-5 and…
